It Ain't Necessarily So (From "Porgy & Bess") - Cab Calloway

It ain’t necessarily so

It ain’t necessarily so

De things dat yo' liable to read in de Bible

It ain’t necessarily so

Li’l David was small but oh my

Li’l David was small but oh my

He fought big Goliath who lay down and dieth

Li’l David was small but oh my

Oh Jonah he lived in de whale

Oh Jonah he lived in de whale

For he made his home in dat fish’s abdomen

Oh Jonah he lived in de whale

Li’l Moses was found in a stream

Li’l Moses was found in a stream

He floated on water 'til ole Pharaoh’s daughter

She fished him she says from that stream

It ain’t necessarily so

It ain’t necessarily so

Dey tell all you chillun de debble’s a villain

But 'taint necessarily so

To get into Hebben don' snap for a sebben

Live clean, don' have no fault

Oh I takes dat gospel whenever it’s pos’ble

But wid a grain of salt

Methus’lah lived nine hundred years

Methus’lah lived nine hundred years

But who calls dat livin' when no gal’ll give in

To no man what’s nine hundred years

I’m preachin' dis sermon to show

It ain’t nessa, ain’t nessa

Ain’t nessa, ain’t nessa

It ain’t necessarily so